Top Putin general is blown up outside his Moscow apartment: Head of Russia's nuclear and biological forces who deployed chemical weapons to Ukraine is killed by bomb hidden in an e-scooter
Top Putin general is blown up outside his Moscow apartment: Head of Russia's nuclear and biological forces who deployed chemical weapons to Ukraine is killed by bomb hidden in an e-scooter
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One of Vladimir Putin's top army generals has been killed in an explosion after a bomb hidden in an electric scooter was detonated outside his apartment in Moscow. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, a high-ranking official in charge of radiation, chemical and biological defence troops, died in the blast moments after he emerged from his apartment block with his driver, who was also killed.
![[It's understood that the bomb was hidden inside an electric scooter when it detonated]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/06/93221481-14200411-image-a-12_1734417243721.jpg)
The bombing - believed to have been conducted by a Ukrainian hit squad - came the day after Kyiv had accused Kirillov of overseeing the widespread use of banned chemical weapons against its troops in the conflict zone. Charging him in absentia with war crimes, the Ukrainian SBU security service said he was responsible for more than 4,800 documented cases of Russian troops using chemical munitions since the start of the full-scale war.
![[Two body bags can be seen after the bomb was detonated outside the Moscow apartment]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/06/93221659-14200411-image-a-15_1734417774633.jpg)
The Russian investigative committee confirmed the army general's death, writing: 'Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, and his assistant were killed.'. Photographs posted on Russian Telegram channels showed a shattered entrance to a building littered with rubble and two bodies lying in the blood-stained snow.
![[The explosion blew through the apartment entrance and damaged the facade of the building]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/07/93222259-14200411-image-m-5_1734420870520.jpg)
The entrance door of the house itself was torn off and the windows were broken, while the general's official car which had arrived to collect him at 6am was also damaged. The bomb was apparently hidden in or on an electric scooter at the scene, which emergency crews could be seen inspecting.
![[Footage from the aftermath of the explosion shows a smashed up car as emergency crews rushed to the scene]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/07/93222263-14200411-image-m-8_1734420884964.jpg)
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